"I stopped at the first corner. It looked like everything was prepared, but it was not like this!" Marquez said.

"I just stopped to say 'hello' to the fans, but then I saw that I was able to get inside the grandstand.

"So that was very nice to be in there with the fans. Then there was a problem to get out of the grandstand!"

Once back out of the grandstand, Marquez spotted a marshal wearing a Dani Pedrosa cap.

Marquez proudly held the hat in the air in tribute to his team-mate, who announced on Thursday he will retire at the end of the season.

"It was more special as when I was coming back to the bike one marshal had the #26 cap and so I took it and showed it to the fans because the real man of this weekend is Dani because we will miss him," he said.

Marquez, who now holds a 46-point world championship lead, then lit the fireworks before continuing on his slow down lap.